# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-coutu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:58:38.812Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-coutu"
name: "Billy Coutu"
slug: "billy-coutu"
description: "Wilfrid Arthur Coutu, nicknamed \"Wild Beaver\", was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, the Hamilton Tigers, and the Boston Bruins. Known for his fiery temper, Coutu was once given 42 penalty minutes in a 1923 playoff game against the Ottawa Senators, still a record to this day. He is the only player ever to have been banned from the NHL for life, as a result of his attack on a referee in 1927."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (1892–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Coutu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1892-03-01"
deathDate: "1977-02-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.57
  momentum:             4.658753709198813
  historical:           6.168901333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%82%D1%8E"
    title: "Біллі Кутю"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "بيلى كوتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Coutu"
    title: "Billy Coutu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Coutu"
    title: "Billy Coutu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Coutu"
    title: "Billy Coutu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Coutu"
    title: "Wilfrid Coutu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Coutu"
    title: "Billy Coutu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q581967"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump